This document outlines the requirements for employers to prepare a safety statement according to Section 20 of the Irish Statute Book. It specifies that employers must identify workplace hazards and risks, protective measures, emergency plans, employee duties and safety representatives. Employers must share the statement with employees and review it when risks change. Subcontractors must also have a statement and a copy must be available for inspection.

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*http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2005/a
ct/10/enacted/en/print#sec20 Section 20

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*Safety Statement

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*20.—(1) Every employer shall prepare, or cause
to be prepared, a written statement (to be
known and referred to in this Act as a “safety
statement”),
* the identification of the hazards and
*the risk assessment carried out under section 19 ,
specifying the manner in which the safety, health
and welfare at work of his or her employees shall be
secured and managed.

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*(2) Without prejudice to the
generality of subsection (1), every
employer shall ensure that the safety
statement specifies—

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*(a) the hazards identified and the risks assessed,
*(b) the protective and preventive measures taken
and the resources provided for protecting safety,
health and welfare at the place of work to which
the safety statement relates,
*(c) the plans and procedures to be followed and the
measures to be taken in the event of an emergency
or serious and imminent danger, in compliance with
sections 8 and 11,

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* Specifications
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* (d) the duties of his or her employees regarding safety, health and
welfare at work, including co-operation with the employer and any
persons who have responsibility under the relevant statutory
provisions in matters relating to safety, health and welfare at work,
* (e) the names and, where applicable, the job title or position held of
each person responsible for performing tasks assigned to him or her
pursuant to the safety statement, and
* (f) the arrangements made regarding the appointment of safety
representatives and consultation with, and participation by,
employees and safety representatives, in compliance with sections 25
and 26 , including the names of the safety representative and the
members of the safety committee, if appointed.

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Sharing
*(3) Every employer shall bring the safety
statement, in a form, manner and, as
appropriate, language that is reasonably
likely to be understood, to the attention of—

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*Sharing Continued
* (a) his or her employees, at least annually and,
at any other time, following its amendment in
accordance with this section,
*(b) newly-recruited employees upon
commencement of employment, and
*(c) other persons at the place of work who may
be exposed to any specific risk to which the
safety statement applies.

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* Specific Tasks
*(4) Where there are specific tasks being
performed at the place of work that pose a
serious risk to safety, health or welfare, an
employer shall bring to the attention of
those affected by that risk relevant
extracts of the safety statement setting
out—

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Specific Tasks
Continued
*(a) the risk identified,
*(b) the risk assessment, and
* (c) the protective and preventive
measures taken in accordance with the
relevant statutory provisions in relation to
that risk.

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*(5) Every employer shall, taking into
account the risk assessment carried out
under section 19 , review the safety
statement where—

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* Risk Assessment
Continued
* (a) there has been a significant change in the matters to
which it refers,
* (b) there is another reason to believe that the safety
statement is no longer valid, or
* (c) an inspector in the course of an inspection, investigation,
examination, inquiry under section 64 or otherwise directs
that the safety statement be amended within 30 days of the
giving of that direction,
* and, following the review, the employer shall amend the
safety statement as appropriate.

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* Subcontracting
*(6) Every employer who is conducting
activities, as may be prescribed in
accordance with this subsection, who
contracts with another employer for that
employer to provide services to him or her
shall require that that employer is in
possession of an up-to-date safety
statement as required under this section.

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* Inspection
*(7) A copy of a safety statement, or
relevant extract of it, shall be kept
available for inspection at or near every
place of work to which it relates while
work is being carried out there.

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* Code of Practice
*(8) It shall be sufficient compliance with
this section by an employer employing 3 or
less employees to observe the terms of a
code of practice, if any, relating to safety
statements which applies to the class of
employment covering the type of work
activity carried on by the employer.

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* Specific Businesses
*(9) Every person to whom section 12 or 15
applies shall prepare a safety statement in
accordance with this section to the extent
that his or her duties under those sections
may apply to persons other than his or her
employees.